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Month: June 2020

Severe weather in the Heartland, excessive heat warning for the West

Severe weather in the Heartland, excessive heat warning for the West

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — There were 332 damaging storm reports from Colorado to Virginia over the weekend, bringing damage and one death due to these storms. One person died in the Birmingham, Alabama, metro area when a tree feel on a home. In Great Bend, Kansas, […]

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Attorney for former officer who killed Rayshard Brooks questions charges

Attorney for former officer who killed Rayshard Brooks questions charges

Fulton County Sheriff’s OfficeBy STEPHANIE WASH and ALONDRA VALLE, ABC News (ATLANTA) — An attorney for former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe is questioning Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr.’s decision to charge his client in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks before the Georgia Bureau of Investigations […]

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Twelve states have set record highs in new COVID-19 cases since Friday

Twelve states have set record highs in new COVID-19 cases since Friday

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A dozen states have seen record highs of new COVID-19 cases since Friday, an ABC News analysis has found. The states that saw the increase were Florida, Texas, Utah, South Carolina, Nevada, Georgia, Missouri, Montana, Arizona, California, Tennessee […]

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Mock lynching of police officer wearing a pig mask found hanging over highway

Mock lynching of police officer wearing a pig mask found hanging over highway

Jacksonville Sheriff’s OfficeBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — A mock lynching of a mannequin wearing a police officer’s uniform and a pig mask has been found hanging over a highway. The scene was discovered early on the morning of June 20 when emergency responders were dispatched at approximately […]

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Politicians call for California attorney general to probe police shooting of teen

Politicians call for California attorney general to probe police shooting of teen

amphotora/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man by a Southern California sheriff’s deputy who was not wearing a body camera has prompted politicians and the teenager’s family to request state Attorney General Xavier Becerra launch an independent investigation “so we know we […]

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Roosevelt statue to be removed from American Museum of Natural History

Roosevelt statue to be removed from American Museum of Natural History

SeanPavonePhoto/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City that has been criticized for symbolizing colonialism and racism will be removed, the city announced Sunday. The statue, which is owned by the city, was unveiled […]

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Official pleads guilty to human smuggling in adoption scheme

Official pleads guilty to human smuggling in adoption scheme

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Arizona politician has pleaded guilty in Utah to human smuggling charges in an illegal adoption scheme that stretched across three states and involved women from the Marshall Islands. Paul Petersen is a Republican who served as county assessor in metro Phoenix. The Friday […]

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Utah’s oldest active voter celebrates her 107th birthday

Utah’s oldest active voter celebrates her 107th birthday

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo resident MacCene Grimmett has cast a ballot every single election since she’s been old enough to vote — and that’s quite a few elections. MacCene, who has lived in the same dark red-bricked house in northern Provo since 1953, recently celebrated her 107th birthday. She […]

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Foul play suspected in death of Fort Hood soldier after remains found in Texas field: Army

Foul play suspected in death of Fort Hood soldier after remains found in Texas field: Army

iStock/omersukrugoksuBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (KILLEEN, Texas) — Foul play is suspected in the death of a Fort Hood, Texas, soldier, whose remains were found 10 months after he went missing, military officials said. A search for Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales ended on Friday with the discovery of his skeletal remains […]

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Minority jail officers were barred from guarding ex-cop charged with George Floyd’s murder: Complaint

Minority jail officers were barred from guarding ex-cop charged with George Floyd’s murder: Complaint

iStock/bizoo_nBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Eight Minnesota correctional officers of color have filed a discrimination complaint alleging they were barred from guarding the white former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, a Black man. The eight minority officers assigned to the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center […]

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